cartel boss who gave me the green light to film. first up is an urban cocaine lab. when the day came it turned out to be a little more complicated than i imagined. i got into a taxi with an escort from the i got into a taxi when quickly blindfolded to hide the location of the cocaine lab. i was relieved when the blind fold came off and i was in the lab. i started filming. in a sweltering room two men labored away making cocaine. they worked directly for the columbian cocaine cartel. the process of making cocaine is really just a matter of chemistry. naturally growing coca leaves are mixed with lime. this activates the alkaline in the leaves. then kerosene and water are added. the mix of kerosene and alg lloyd from the leaves is
he eats locally grown barley and drinks water from a nearby glacier and chews on coca leaves under the care of his son who is 65 years old. translator: when he took care of me when i was little. now it s my turn to make sure he s taken care of. reporter: no one doubts he s 123 years old. there seems to be no doubt either when it comes to bolivian officials. the government plans to honor him by declaring him a living heritage of the bolivian people. it s a pretty remarkable story. what can you tell us about the lifestyle of this guy? did he spoke, did he drink alcohol? he never spomoked. he had a quiet life. he eats locally grown foods and
time now for crime and consequences. i m going to tell you about the disparity between crack and cocaine sentences. congress has just sent the president a fair sentencing act, which reduces, but does not eliminate the disparity between crack versus powder cocaine. now, the house approved the measure yesterday, the senate passed it in march. the disparity is based on federal books for about 25 year, since the mid 80s. the tougher minimum penalties for crack cocaine sprang from that era s epidemic of drug violence and the belief that s now been debunked that crack is more addictive than powder-form cocaine. these drugs are just two different forms of the same thing, like ice and water. you start with coca leaves, you process them with acid and ammonia and get powder cocaine. then you take powder cocaine and